2010 Major League Baseball Draft

2010 Draft and Player Updates

It is with great honor and pride that the Long Island Tigers celebrate the Major League Drafting of four Tiger Alumni::

Robert Haney SS 678th pick by the San Francisco Giants - from U South Carolina Columbia.
Sean Nolin LHP (Seaford High School) 186th by the Toronto Blue Jays from San Jacinto College North
Stephen McQuail 2B 906th pick by the Toronto Blue Jay from Canisius Col
Justin Echavarria Catcher 1204 pick by the San Diego Padres from Stony Brook University
Henry Dunn LF 1500 pick by the Cleveland Indians from Binghamton University

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2010 WINTER WORKOUT / TRYOUT

THE 2010 LONG ISLAND TIGER WINTER WORKOUT / TRYOUT

HUNDREDS OF TIGERS PLAYERS HAVE GONE ON TO COLLEGIATE AND PROFESSIONAL BASEBALL!

COLLEGE & PROFESSIONAL COACHES WHO PARTICIPATED IN INSTRUCTION!

INSTRUCTORS:

PETE TIMMIS	CW POST HEAD COACH
JOHN MAUCHAN	CW POST PITCHING COACH
HECTOR ARISTY	CW POST HITTING COACH
MIKE GAFFNEY	CW POST ASST. COACH
PATRICK ANDERSON	HOFSTRA U HEAD COACH
JAMES LALLY	HOFSTRA U PITCHING COACH
LARRY MINOR	NASSAU COMMUNITY COLLEGE - HEAD COACH
KEVIN LEIGHTON	MANHATTAN COLLEGE - HEAD COACH
RYAN DARCY	MANHATTAN COLLEGE - ASST. COACH
LARRY IZZO	NY METS SCOUT
PAT SHORTT	MLBSB SCOUT
FRANK BODNER	LA DODGERS SCOUT
CESAR PRESBOTT	NY YANKEE SCOUT
MATT WHITTINGTON	CW POST COACH / NOTRE DAME PLAYER - TIGER COACH
ANTHONY MONTASANTO	CW POST - FORMER PLAYER - TIGER COACH
SEAN BROWN	DOMINICAN COLLEGE - FORMER PLAYER - TIGER COACH
KEN AUER	ARCH BISHOP MOLLY HS - TIGER COACH
KEVIN SURDI	HOLY CROSS HS ASST COACH - TIGER COACH
MIKE TURO	MONROE HS - HEAD COACH - TIGER COACH
FRED CAMBRIA	MLB - FORMER PITCHER PITTSBURGH PIRATES
DICK VINNING	CW POST - FORMER HEAD COACH
JORDAN WYCKOFF	STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY - ASST. COACH

BE APART OF THE MOST PRESTIGIOUS AND RESPECTED TRADITIONS IN AMATUER BASEBALL !

THE LONG ISLAND TIGERS!

EST. 1969

Century Mark: Monroe's Turo Earns Win No. 1,000

Century mark: Monroe's Turo earns win No. 1,000

By ZACH BRAZILLER

Last Updated: 2:05 AM, May 15, 2010

Posted: 1:15 AM, May 15, 2010

Mike Turo will remember this day the rest of the life.

The James Monroe baseball coach picked up his 1,000th victory Friday afternoon – more than any other PSAL baseball coach and second in the city to Archbishop Molloy’s Jack Curran – in the Eagles’ 8-3 win over host DeWitt Clinton.

Moments after the momentous victory, he entered a circle of his players as they chanted his name, presented him with a plaque and commemorative white Monroe jersey with all their signatures. The coach who gives so much to his players – from serving as a father figure to helping them financially to having them over for dinner – was rewarded for more than three decades of service.

“When I saw the jersey, I broke down a little bit, then the plaque,” said Turo, who is in his 33rd season, holds a record of 1,000-203, and also serves as the school's athletic director. “I’ll treasure that the rest of my life.”

He later said: “It’s a dream come true. It’s a credit to hard work from everyone -- the players, all the coaches I have, everyone around me who contributes, the administration. I’m really proud.”

Turo, a 54-year-old baseball lifer from Holbrook, L.I., who was raised in The Bronx and attended Catholic school Mount St. Michael, started at Monroe in 1977, just after graduating from college. He has remained a mainstay there, as much a part of the school’s fabric as anyone. He leaves his home on Long Island at dawn and returns close to 9 p.m.

“He spends more time with us than his family,” pitching coach and former player Jose Bautista said. “This is his life. He puts this in front of everybody.”

Bautista attended Roosevelt in the mid 1990s, but transferred to Monroe after facing the Eagles in a few non-league games. He was drawn to Turo, as much for the talent of his club as the way he handled them.

“Our coach was always putting us down and he was cheering on his guys, even after strikeouts,” Bautista recalled. On Friday, rightfielder Vladimir Gomez stuck out, and failed to bust it down the first-base line. As a result, he was thrown out by a step. Turo called him over, and asked if that was the fastest he could run. Gomez sheepishly smiled and shook his head.

“When we’re down, he brings us up,” third baseman Cruz Resto said.

Turo's family doesn’t seem to mind. His wife of 20 years, Teresalyn, said her husband has nevertheless maintained a close relationship with his son, Mike Turo Jr., a baseball player like his father who is a senior at Sachem North and will walk on at Quinnipiac. Turo met his wife 10 years after he started at Monroe, in 1987. Twenty-three years later, he remains as passionate about the game.

“There are few people who really love what they do, and this is Mike’s passion,” she said. “He loves baseball, he loves Monroe, and he has a place in his heart for The Bronx.”

He has led the Eagles to five city titles, 27 Bronx crowns, sent over 300 players to college, and had 21 drafted. That list of players includes Danny Almonte, a current assistant coach, and Toronto Blue Jays first baseman Randy Ruiz.

“For me, he’s a second father,” Almonte said. “He’s very special.”

Turo's players lauded him for instilling a relentless work ethic in them. He is strict, but understanding. Resto was ruled academically ineligible last year, but Turo stayed on him, and the senior turned it around academically, taking night classes, and has become Monroe’s third hitter and closer. He benched first baseman Frailyn Paez yesterday for not sliding into third base, yet the slugging sophomore was the first to embrace Turo after the milestone win.

Turo has bypassed better opportunities, jobs at the collegiate level and in the minor leagues, too, to remain at Monroe.

“I just love working with the kids to get out of The Bronx, to get to a better place,” he said. “I feel I’m helping more here.”

His players adore him. Following Thursday’s 2-1 victory over Clinton, they all deflected individual praise, talking about what win No. 1,000 would mean to Turo.

“It’s beautiful,” centerfielder Melvin Garcia said. “I always wanted this game from the beginning of the season. We got it. Now it’s on to the championship game.”

Whether the year ends with a sixth city title or in playoff disappointment, Turo plans to keep on going, keep making that long commute from Long Island, keep mentoring players, on and off the field, keep going after glory on the diamond. He has plenty of baseball left.

“I’m not going anywhere,” he said. “We have some more championships to win and we’re going to keep working hard.”

zbraziller@nypost.com

TIGERS COACH MAUCHAN TAKES CW POST TO ECC Playoffs

(Jon Mauchan - CW POST PITCHING COACH & LI TIGER PITCHING COACH)

TIGER ALUMNI CASEY MCKAY - INSTRUMENTAL IN CW POST VICTORY

The C.W. Post baseball team swept a doubleheader from Molloy College on Saturday afternoon at Mitchel Field, defeating the Lions in ten innings, 12-8, then taking the nightcap 2-0, in the process, winning the East Coast Conference regular season title and earning the top seed in the upcoming ECC Championship Tournament.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. (May 1, 2010) – The C.W. Post baseball team swept a doubleheader from Molloy College on Saturday afternoon at Mitchel Field, defeating the Lions in ten innings, 12-8, then taking the nightcap 2-0, in the process, winning the East Coast Conference regular season title and earning the top seed in the upcoming ECC Championship Tournament.

The Pioneers improve to 28-13-1, 22-7 ECC, while Molloy slides to 26-22, 19-10 in conference play.

C.W. Post took a 7-0 lead courtesy of a huge second inning. Senior left fielder Kyle Dean (Southbury, N.Y.) opened the scoring with a double down the left field line, followed by an RBI single by Casey McKay (TIGER ALUMNI) (North Massapequa, N.Y.). A single by freshman Zack Graczyk (Carmel, N.Y.) drove in another run, and senior right fielder Mike Callaghan (East Meadow, N.Y.) and freshman catcher Anthony Corona (Carmel, N.Y.) roped back-to-back solo shots, with Callaghan’s going for three runs and Corona’s as a solo shot.

Molloy got a run back in the third, as T.J. Greig tripled to left center, driving in Frank Marchisello, who had singled.

The Pioneers tacked on another run in the sixth as senior shortstop Bryan Bonin (Commack, N.Y.) doubled in Graczyk.

However, Molloy strung together a hit parade in the sixth, as they scored seven runs in the inning, highlighted by Greig’s three-run double to left center, and the Pioneers saw the Lions come all the way back to tie the game at 8-8.

Graczyk came on to pitch in the sixth, and stayed in for the seventh, eighth and ninth, giving up only three hits while holding the Lions scoreless.

His outstanding effort set the stage for the Pioneers in the tenth, and they responded, as freshman Kevin Chenicek (Levittown, N.Y.) hit a long shot to right field that was misplayed, allowing him to advance all the way to second base. Dean reached on a bunt single to third base, putting runners on the corners. Dean promptly stole second base , and McKay worked a walk to load the bases. Graczyk came through with a single to left, scoring Chenicek with the winning run. But the Pioneers were not finished, as Bonin roped a two-run single to center, and Corona’s sacrifice fly scored Graczyk with the game’s final run.

Graczyk earned the win, improving to 2-2. Starter Bobby Kay (Stony Brook, N.Y.) went five and a third innings, giving up six runs on eight hits, striking out four. Sophomore Michael Behar (Staten Island, N.Y.) pitched a scoreless bottom of the tenth.

Bonin led the Pioneer offensive effort with three runs and three RBI.

In game two, C.W. Post rode a six-inning effort from starter Brian Saldana (Deer Park, N.Y.), who scattered six hits and did not allow a run, striking out two batters.

The visitors did all their scoring at the last minute, as Callaghan led off the seventh with a triple down the right field line. Senior first baseman Brian Anderson (Nesconset, N.Y.) hit a sacrifice fly to right field, scoring Callaghan. Sophomore designated hitter Nick Compito (Syosset, N.Y.) followed with a single, and a walk moved him to second. Pinch runner David Saldana (Deer Park, N.Y.) came on for Compito, and scored on a single to left field by Dean.

Graczyk came on with two runners on base, and picked off the runner on second base, then got the final two outs of the inning to earn the save. Matthew Metz took the loss, throwing all seven innings and giving up two runs on five hits.

Callaghan batted 2-for-3 with a run scored to lead the Pioneers at the plate.

NCAA NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT SIGNING DATES

NCAA

For Prospective Student-Athletes Enrolling in the 2011-2012 Academic Year

Sport	Initial Signing Date	Final Signing Date
Basketball and All Other Sports Not Listed (Early Period)	November 10, 2010	November 17, 2010
Football (Midyear JC Transfer)	December 15, 2010	January 15, 2011
Football (Regular Period)	February 2, 2011	April 1, 2011
Field Hockey, Soccer, Track and Field, Cross Country, Men's Water Polo	February 2, 2011	August 1, 2011
Basketball (Regular Period)	April 13, 2011	May 18, 2011
All Other Sports Not Listed (Regular Period)	April 13, 2011	August 1, 2011

2009 TIGER HS GRADS TAKE TO THE 2010 SPRING COLLEGE BALL FIELD

2009 Long Island Tigers - 2009 HS GRADUATES

GOOD LUCK IN THE UPCOMING 2010 SPRING SEASON!

DAMIEN BERTUZZI	YORK COLLEGE
WILLIE CARMONA	SUNY STONY BROOK
DEREK GUSSAROFF	LAFEYTTE COLLEGE
KRIS KELLY	MOLLOY COLLEGE
JOHN KRAUSE	HOFSTRA U
JOSH LAUFER	LIU @ CW POST
ANTHONY MAZELLLA	QUEENS COLLEGE
CASEY MCKAY	LIU @ CW POST
AJ MORENA	DOMINICAN COLLEGE
ANTHONY MUCCIO	IONA COLLEGE
RYAN O'KELLY	LIU @ CW POST
BRETT ROESKE	SUNY BINGHAMTON U
JOE ROMANELLI	U OF NEW HAVEN
GREG SINACORI	NYIT
KURT SMOLENSKY	MONMOUTH U
MATT SOREN	U OF DELAWARE
JOHN WEITZEL	SUNY BROCKPORT U
JASON CHIN	NYIT

Tiger Alumni Support

" The Flushing Tigers played a major part of my development as a player, scout and baseball executive. It's tradition continues with the Long Island Tigers and I would recommend this organization to all interested parents and players."

Omar Minaya (Tiger Alumni '77)

General Manager
New York Mets

"Ike,
It’s been a long time since we played together but they were great times. I totally agree with your comments about Warren and Russ. They were two coaches that really brought us to the next level and made us better persons. The history of the Tigers is long and storied and it is great to see you continue that heritage of developing young athletes. "

Matt Willman (Tiger Alumni '82)
Hart Schaffner Marx

Long Island Tigers 17U - NABF National Champions

2008 National Amateur Baseball Federation 17-under World Series

Published: July 28, 2008

A trio of Long Island Tigers pitchers combined on the team's first no-hitter in 40-plus games this summer, Sunday at City Stadium.

And they couldn't have saved the feat for a better time - in the championship game of the National Amateur Baseball Federation 17-under World Series, a dominating 9-1 triumph over the previously undefeated Delco Diamonds.

Ryan O'Kelly, who started a 5-3 10-inning victory over consolation champion Stembridge (Md.) in Thursdays tournament opener at Heritage, pitched the first three innings. He gave up an unearned run in the first when leadoff batter Rob Benedict reached second on an error and scored on two wild pitches by O'Kelly. Second-game starter Josh Laufer relieved him to begin the fourth, walking six, but striking out four and not allowing a hit over the next 3 1/3 innings.

"I didn't approach it as a championship game," Laufer said. "I wanted to just go out there, relax and focus on what I do every game."

Third-game starter Sean Apuzzo, who threw an effective slow curveball, came on in the seventh and recorded the final two outs to complete the no-hitter.

"Our pitching coach worked them to be ready to throw three innings each," Tigers manager Ken Auer said, noting each was fatigued from their previous starts. "They gave us three different looks - medium, fast and slow."

"Their pitching was outstanding," Delco manager Rich Merchant added. "You're not going to win when you get no-hit."

After leaving the bases loaded in the second, Long Island struck for the tying run with two outs in the third when Matt Reistetter singled to right to score Will Carmona, who had reached on the first of Delco\'s three errors. Then in the fourth, after Anthony Mucchio walked and ninth batter Mike Angelo singled solidly to center, championship game MVP Casey McKay drove in the go-ahead runs with his two-out double over the head of Diamonds center fielder Mike Raimo.

Leading 3-1, the Tigers broke the game wide open with a six-run bottom of the sixth when Angelo and Brett Roeske reached on bunt hits up the third-base line, McKay walked and Carmona cleared the bases with his single to left, which turned into a triple when it bounced past a diving Evan Cline and rolled to the warning track.

Three batters later, Mucchio tripled to right to drive in the final two runs.

Auer said the dramatic opening win over Stembridge set the stage for the Tigers' 7-0 World Series run.

"That fired up the team and got us ready for tournament baseball and showed us what it\\\'s going to be about," Auer said. "We didn't just want to win games, we wanted to beat teams."

That's precisely what they did to the Diamonds on Sunday, powered by their pitching.

"We wanted to win the game and pitching a no-hitter was just gravy on it," Auer said. "It was a bonus."

Long Island Tigers 9, Delco (Pa.) Diamonds 1

Delco Diamonds 100 000 0 - 1 0 3

Long Island Tigers 001 206 x - 9 11 2

W: Ryan O\'Kelley. Records: Long Island 7-0, Delco 6-1.

Highlights: LI - Matt Reistetter 2-4; Anthony Mucchio 2-3, walk, run, 3B; Mike Angelo 2-3, run; Ryan O\'Kelly 3 IP, 0 hits, 1 run, 0 ER, 1 K; Josh Laufer 3.1 IP, 4 Ks, 6 BBs, 0 hits, 0 runs; Sean Apuzzo 0.2 IP, 0 hits, 1 BB.